Everything about John Fitzalan 6th Earl Of Arundel totally explained
John FitzAlan (
1223-
1267), Lord of
Oswestry and
Clun, and
de jure Earl of Arundel, was a
Breton-English nobleman and
Marcher Lord with lands in the
Welsh Marches.
Family
The son and heir of
John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and
Clun, in
Shropshire, and Isabel, daughter of
William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel, he obtained possession of his paternal estates on
May 26,
1244, aged 21 years.
After the death without direct heirs of his mother's brother
Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel, he inherited
jure matris the castle and honour of
Arundel in
1243, which, according to the admission of 1433, he was held to have become
de jure Earl of Arundel.
Welsh Conflicts
In 1257 the Welsh Lord of
Gwenwynwyn, in the southern realm of the
Welsh Kingdom of Powys, sought the aid of the Lord of
Oswestry against
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and John Fitzalan was a member of the English force that was defeated at the hands of the Welsh at
Cymerau in
Carmarthenshire, which he survived.
In 1258 he was one of the key English military commanders in the
Welsh Marches and was summoned yet again in 1260 for further conflict against the Welsh.
Arundel vacillated in the conflicts between
Henry III and the Barons, and fought on the King's side at the
Battle of Lewes in 1264, where he was taken prisoner.
By 1278 to 1282 his own sons were also engaged in Welsh border hostilities, attacking the lands of
Llywelyn the son of
Gruffydd ap Madog.
Marriage
He married
Maud le Botiller, daughter of
Theobald le Botiller (Boteler) and Rohese or
Rohesia de Verdon. His son and successor was:
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